9:30 a.m. Refreshments
10:00-11:00 a.m. Lecture by Jane Oneail, Founder and President, Culturally Curious, Manchester, New Hampshire
Sponsored by Maggie and Paul Nelson.
The 19th century portrait painter John Singer Sargent found success creating flattering likenesses with virtuoso brushwork. His ability to render luxurious fabrics made him a favorite among the upper class and aristocracy. Yet his career was punctuated by criticism and controversy, including the scathing reception of major works like Madame X. Sargent himself admitted, “Every time I paint a portrait, I lose a friend.”
This program will explore Sargent’s career from his daring and experimental works as an ambitious young artist, through his celebrated Grand manner portraits of the European and American elite, to his major commissions in Boston and later watercolors.
Jane Oneail is founder of Culturally Curious, an arts education company specializing in art appreciation programs. She also teaches at the college level.
IMAGE (in the public domain per WikiArt): “Madame X” or “Portrait of Madame X”, John Singer Sargent, 1884, Oil on canvas, Size framed: 95.75 x 56.625 inches. Collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arthur Hoppock Fund, 1916.
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